Monthly Archives: July 2012

A few years ago my daughter attended a youth Girls Camp sponsored by our church. They gave all the participants a screen printed plastic water bottle. Only problem is all 400 girls at the camp had the same water bottles and if you sat it down and didn’t think to write your name on it, you had no idea which bottle was yours.

So thanks to a trip to the dollar store and my Brookie Vinyl selection, I was able to create “personalized” water bottles. But I couldn’t leave it with only their names, I had to add the camp theme for this year too!For anyone else looking to do something like this for your Girls Camp here’s a couple of tips. You cannot do this without Transfer Tape…so pick up some extra. I’m a transfer tape snob and like to have a fresh piece rather then reuse them. Next tip, we’ve done this for the past two years and although the plastic water bottles from the dollar store work great…they do tend to break when dropped. So this year we decided on these metal bottles instead. You can order them by the case from DollarTree.com and have it delivered for free to your local store!

We’re going to add different colored ribbon to each bottle to designate who is in which tent group. Yellow in yellow tent, etc.

A trip the hardware store, some paint, scrapbook paper, mod podge and of course VINLY make simple and inexpensive gifts and home decor ideas. Check out these five fun ways to use vinyl on wood blocks.

Be sure to coat your projects with a varnish to keep the vinyl stuck to your wood projects!

Square Blocks

I love these fun 4×4″ cut down square blocks of wood that have been painted and had vinyl applied to it to create a custom gift item. This darling blog has tons of darling ideas and tutorials on it using vinyl…be sure to check it out.

Stacking Wood Blocks

Consider cutting your 2 x 4 blogs different heights to create a fun look similar to this. I especially love the “is everything” smaller piece of wood they are resting on along the bottom. Get creative with how you stack your blocks.

2×4 Wood Blocks

Cover 2 x 4 blocks of wood with your favorite scrapbook papers using mod podge and then cut out words, seasons and ames and apply to blocks. Theses a great way to add a fun personalization to any room or pop of color to any holiday grouping.

Have you ever thought to add vinyl quotes, thoughts and clip art to the mirrors in your home? Maybe that rather blank mirror in your guest bathroom or a remind for your kids to brush their teeth would be a great way to personalize a rather overlooked space in your home. When I was married to my husband over 20 years ago he would wake and tell me, “I love you, You’re Beautiful.” But over the years he’s missed a day or two. But one day came home with a small pre-cut vinyl piece that simply said “You’re Beautiful” on it and applied it to my side of our bathroom mirror. I love it! Check out these other vinyl on mirror ideas I loved too! All links to The Casabella project link back to My Blessed Life

The idea for this post actually started in my bedroom. We have a sign made from vinyl a friend gave us years ago and I’ve since remade for several wedding gifts. It says on it, “All Because Two People Fell in Love.” So I started to think about my bulging calendar of weddings coming up in August and thought I would go on the hunt for cute ideas using vinyl for weddings. I decided to limit to 5 though to keep the post short…there are some many more ideas out there.

Mr. & Mrs. Bedroom Vinyl

I instantly fell in love with his ideas for over the bed. It might only be fun for about the first year while you’re still getting use to it, but that’s the great part about vinyl…it comes off and you can replace it without another new quote or piece of art that inspires you.

Monogram Cake Plate Wedding Gift

I created one of these for a quick and simple wedding gift recently. Sadly I did not take any photos of the finished project. So I went in search of one that inspired me. I simply added the Bride & Grooms Monogram to a cake plate/cover that I picked up at Dollar Tree. I kept mine all white and added white tulle to the handle. Then I filled the inside with a cake mix, frosting, darling cupcake liners, sprinkles and a gift card for dinner (before or after they eat the cupcakes is up to them).

Reception Decor or Dance Floor Vinyl

Loved this idea!! I would love to see it applied at an actual wedding, wouldn’t you. Added to the doors of a reception center would be such a great way to personalize a typically very impersonal space. And an even better idea…the reception dance floor, love it.

Available through Open Heart Creations Etsy Shop

Just Married Car Vinyl

Now I think applying vinyl to the window of a car is just sweet and something they could leave on there for more then one night. I think personalizing it would be darling too…even adding a stick bride and groom to the window would be super cute too!!

You know our friends over at My Craft Channel area always rockin’ the Brookie Craft products. Today for their Featured Buy (daily deal item) they offered the Brookie Craft Sticky Stencil Sheets. But what caught our eye is what the talented host, Staci Potter did with the stencil sheets.

She used this on a bunch of cute items like, pillows, monograms and a frame.

Check out these darling MONOgrammed Towels Staci created. She said it made it easier to keep towels straight while at the pool or beach. Definitely a must try!!

Try out upholstery spray paint and a stencil to make fabric to create this amazing look on a piece of fabric, pillow and more.

Great thing about using Sticky Stencils is you can reuse them over and over. Staci stenciled her t-shirt and this darling pillow with the same stencil. She said she loves that it stays sticky to make it easier to use.

Okay I’ve seen this on framed pieces and wood plaques at a lot of my friends homes. You know the date that they were married with the “The Smiths Est. 2010”. But when I was surfing Pinterest I came across this AMAZING piece from 5StarDesign Etsy Shop in an entry way. LOVE IT!

So I designed one of my own and regretfully my entry way is small and a lot less impressive, but I was happy with how it turned out. I layered the black vinyl over top of a “red” A monogram. I was happy with it!

I love how a little vinyl goes a long way on my walls. I put together this gallery type wall grouping in my living room when we first moved into our home. I purchased the “Family” wood cutout word at a local home decor store and loved it. I placed my handmade wood frames with family pictures in them around the word…but the space below the word looked weird. I stared at it for days…then it hit me (scroll down).

Adding a small vinyl quote that I have used on a few scrapbook pages would be the perfect touch to my wall.

The words are only about 2″ tall and that is plenty. You would have thought the grouping was built around our quote, “We may not have it all together….but together we have it all.”